The history of South Texas is more racially and ethnically complex than many people realize. As a border area, South Texas has experienced some especially inter

Between 1940 and 1975, African Americans and Mexican Americans in Texas fought a number of battles in court, at the ballot box, in schools, and on the streets t

Founded in 1962, the East Texas Historical Journal began accepting articles on African American history at a time when most scholarly journals considered the to

Offers twenty-four essays about African American men and women who worked in the Texas cattle industry from the slave days of the mid-19th century through the e

Chronicles the experiences of African-American soldiers serving in the United States Army in racially-segregated Texas from 1899 to 1914.